That day, after Zhao Zhao returned to his mansion, he sat alone in the courtyard in front of his study.

After an unknown amount of time, a gust of fragrant wind wafted over, and a robe was put on his shoulders. Immediately, a familiar clear female voice sounded next to him: "My lord, why are you sitting here alone?"

As soon as he heard this voice, Zhao Zhao knew that the person coming was none other than his beloved wife Kui Ji, so he reached out and gently patted the back of Kui Ji's little hand on his shoulder, turned his head and smiled at her.

: "Why are you here?"

"It was only after Cao Liang sent someone to tell me that I realized that my husband was sitting here alone," Kui Ji said softly.

Zhao Zhao looked around and saw that in the corridor not far away, Zong Wei Cao Liang was grinning at him, and then waved towards him, probably wanting to express, "I won't disturb you two anymore."

” means.

"This guy..."

Zhao Zhao shook his head in amusement.

At this time, Kui Ji sat down on her husband's legs, hugged her husband's neck, and said in a feigned resentment: "Recently, my husband has been very neglectful of me. Even Cao Liang can't stand it.

…”

Zhao Zhao didn't know whether to laugh or cry. How could he have neglected Concubine? It was just that the domestic government affairs were too heavy.

Of course, he also understood that this beloved wife was obviously pretending to be confused. It was useless to explain anything at this time. It was better to admit it frankly and then make some sweet promises to make her happy.

No, after Zhao Zhao made a promise like "I will take you to the streets in two days," the expression on Kui Ji's face immediately turned dark, and she leaned half of her body in her husband's arms, her eyes as charming as silk.

As if to imply something, Zhao Zhao was under great pressure and whispered repeatedly: "Don't say goodbye, be careful if someone sees you..."

Feeling that her husband, who had been married for eight years, was still as embarrassed as when they first met, Luo Ji couldn't help but giggle.

She had never imagined before that the marriage arranged by her father, King Lu Xi of Qi, would actually give her such a loyal and upright husband. More importantly, this husband was so in love with her.

Compared with countless political marriages in the world, Zhuo Ji considers herself very lucky.

After some intimacy, Kui Ji finally remembered Cao Liang's instructions and asked tentatively: "Husband, I seem to have seen you frowning these past two days. Is there anything you are worried about?"

Zhao Zhao was stunned for a moment. After a period of silence, he suddenly asked abruptly: "Madam, if I resign as prime minister, are you willing to come back to Daliang with me?"

Kui Ji was stunned when she heard this, with a look of surprise on her pretty face, but she quickly replied: "Wherever your husband goes, I will go there."

Although she is the daughter of King Lu Xi of Qi, Ji Ji does not think too much about national affairs. After all, in her opinion, the safety of the country of Qi is something that the men of Qi should consider.

People are irrelevant.

In her eyes, she only has her husband, her children, and at most her husband's concubine Tian Wan and the latter's daughter. Even her younger brother Gongzi Bai, after the latter became the king of Qi, Kui Ji no longer did anything about it.

Go follow it.

Of course, even though she answered like this, it did not prevent Ji Ji from asking for the specific reason. If someone deliberately targeted her husband, then don't blame her for running to Linzi Palace as the eldest princess to make a big fuss.

However, Zhao Zhao patted her hand and comforted her: "Madam, please don't get angry. It's not that someone is targeting your husband, it's just... ugh."

With that said, he told Kuan Ji the whole thing.

After hearing this, Ji Ji was very surprised: "Is the state of Wei already so powerful?"

Of course she will not forget that it was when the Wei State was weak and unable to contend with the Chu State on its own that the husband of the son of the King of Wei in front of her traveled all the way to Qi State to seek help from her father. This made the two of them

Fortunately, we are married.

Zhao Zhao knew that his wife did not know much about the outside world, so he nodded and said succinctly: "My Wei Dynasty has become stronger and stronger every year in these years. Now we have 400,000 soldiers who can be used for battle. In the past two years, Han

, the three countries of Chu and Qin as well as Sanchuan and Song jointly attacked our Wei Dynasty, but they were defeated one by one by our Wei Dynasty..."

Speaking of this, even Zhao Zhao showed a hint of surprise, because even he did not expect that the country he came from could achieve such a glorious victory in that battle.

After a pause, he continued: "As for Da Qi, due to civil strife, our strength is no longer as good as that of Wei. Although we are still the leader of the "Qi, Lu, Wei" Three Kingdoms Alliance, our name is not worthy of our name..."

After Zhao Zhao's explanation, Kui Ji finally understood that their Qi State was about to lose its status as the overlord of the Central Plains and the leader of the "Qi, Lu, Wei" Three Kingdoms Alliance. If the Qi people were smart at this time, they should take the initiative to submit their credentials to Wei State.

, transferred the position of "Hegemon of the Central Plains" to the State of Wei. In this way, although the State of Qi lost its position, it could still maintain its friendship with the State of Wei.

Unfortunately, the arrogant Qi people would not accept this matter. For example, Gao Xi was obviously a wise and wise minister, but he firmly opposed this matter - in Gao Xi's suggestion,

Qi State should win over Yue State and Lu State, even if it is the original enemy Chu State, it can also appropriately release goodwill. In the final analysis, it is to maintain Qi State's hegemony in the Central Plains.

In Zhao Zhao's view, this was a very irrational behavior.

It's a pity that his status as Wei Gongzi prevents him from saying "transfer the hegemony to Wei".

"Will Daqi and Wei go to war?" Kui Ji asked nervously.

It's not that she is afraid of war, but she understands that once Qi and Wei are at odds, it will be very difficult for her husband to be caught between the two countries' positions.

"Starting a war...isn't enough yet."

Zhao Zhao shook his head and analyzed calmly: "In my opinion, the Wei Dynasty will first solve the problem of Song Dynasty, and then Han and Chu. If there is no accident, Qi Wei will not fight in thirty years..."

"Then what's there to worry about?" Zhuan Ji asked puzzledly.

Hearing this, Zhao Zhao smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Just because there will be no war within thirty years, does not mean that the relationship between Qi and Wei will not change within these thirty years..."

In fact, Zhao Zhao can understand Gao Xi and others' fear of the Wei State. After all, the Wei State has risen too fast in recent years. If we can't find a way to contain the Wei State at this time, we will wait until the Wei State gradually collapses.

After swallowing Korea and Chu, Qi will have no choice but to surrender.

In fact, there may not even be a chance to surrender in the end - if the Wei State really swallows up South Korea and Chu State, and is only one step away from unifying the world, will the Wei State let Qi State go? Just think about it.

If dominating the Central Plains is the long-cherished wish of the kings of various countries, then unifying the world is the lifelong dream that the kings of the Central Plains think about but dare not mention.

It's just that this road is too difficult, so difficult that the kings of the Central Plains countries dare not even dream about it.

The next day, Zhao Zhao was in his study, thinking about the words to use in his resignation as left prime minister.

As he was writing, suddenly a servant from the house came to report: "Master of the house, the scholar-bureaucrat Guanzhong wants to see you."

"Guan Zhong?" Zhao Zhao was stunned for a moment and subconsciously glanced at the sky outside the window. He was really surprised when he saw that it was too early for noon.

You must know that in Zhao Zhao's eyes, Guan Zhong is a very pragmatic and reliable minister. He is currently responsible for several crucial tasks such as "reviewing domestic land reclamation" and "compiling domestic households". Logically speaking,

It's impossible for him to desert and come to his house while on duty.

"Probably you came here because of me..."

After thinking for a while, Zhao Zhao ordered: "Please!... Also, prepare some tea."

"Yes!" the servant responded and retreated.

After a while, the servant led the scholar-bureaucrat Guan Zhong to Zhao Zhao's study.

At this time, Zhao Zhao was already waiting inside the study door. Seeing Guan Zhong approaching from a distance, he stepped out of the threshold to greet him.

"I have taken the liberty to come here to visit you. Please don't mind me, Mr. Zuo Xiang."

When greeting each other, Guan Zhong said with a smile.

"Those who care about the important things have serious consequences."

After waving his hand, Zhao Zhao welcomed Guan Zhong into the back room of the study. At this time, the other two servants had also brought the prepared tea.

After a few words of greeting, Guan Zhong bluntly stated his intention.

After all, he didn't think that his purpose of coming could be hidden from the left prime minister in front of him.

"To be honest with you, Mr. Zuo Xiang, in fact, Guan came here this time because he was entrusted by Mr. Gao Xi and Mr. Bao Shu. He wanted to personally ask Mr. Zuo... Are you planning to resign from your post?"

It turned out that Gao Xi, the Shangqing, specifically asked about Zhao Zhao's whereabouts today. When he heard that Zhao Zhao, the left prime minister, was still at the house "pledging to be ill" today, he suddenly felt bad in his heart.

Thinking about it, after all, some things have been discussed in front of Qi Wang Lu Bai yesterday, and Gao Xi, Tian Bao, including Qi Wang Lu Bai, have made it clear that they will handle the rumor issue on behalf of Zhao Zhao.

Under such circumstances, Zhao Zhao still stayed at home because of his illness, which is obviously not in line with Zhao Zhao's character.

Therefore, Gao Xi asked Guan Zhong to investigate Zhao Zhao's tone.

Upon hearing Guan Zhong's inquiry, Zhao Zhao suddenly fell silent.

Because just before Guan Zhong came to visit, he was indeed in his study considering the terms for resigning as left prime minister.

As if he noticed something, Guan Zhong stood up and walked to Zhao Zhao's desk to take a look. When he saw an unfinished dictionary with the ink still wet on the desk, he ignored the etiquette.

Question, he picked it up in his hand and looked at it, then smiled bitterly and shook his head.

He sincerely felt that the left prime minister was too honest.

Under Zhao Zhao's astonished gaze, Guan Zhong tore the dictionary into pieces, then balled the shredded paper into a ball and threw it out of the window.

"..." Zhao Zhao's eyelids twitched slightly.

In fact, he had long heard from Uncle Bao, who he had a good relationship with, that Guan Zhong was a steady person but would sometimes do amazing things, and now, he had seen it.

At this time, after throwing the ball of paper out of the window, Guan Zhong returned to his seat and sat down, cupped his hands towards Zhao Zhao, and continued the conversation as if nothing had happened: "Forgive me for speaking frankly, I am Da Qi,

Now we cannot do without Mr. Zuoxiang!"

To be fair, whether it was Gao Xi or Uncle Bao, what they were most worried about was not that Zhao Zhao was "using power for personal gain" and secretly benefiting the Wei State as the rumors in the city said, because they knew Zhao Zhao's character and knew that this person

A gentleman would never do such a thing.

What they were most panicked about was that Zhao Zhao resigned from his post and returned to Wei State with his wife and children.

They will never sit back and let this happen!

You know, the Wei State has already given birth to a "Wei Gongzi Run". In recent years, he has led his army across the Central Plains and has become the overlord of the Central Plains. What if the "Wei Gongzizhao" in front of him returns to the Wei State?
To be continued...